Compliance & Regulation

Health insurers and cash plan providers have been excluded from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules surrounding the automatic annual renewal of general insurance contracts, the regulator has confirmed. However, they will be...

A independent mental health hospital in Norwich has closed its doors after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) took steps to cancel its registration following an inspection in March. This morning the CQC...

Complaints about private medical and dental cover, and income protection insurance (IP) rose sharply in the last financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The service received 1,476...

A fraudster tried to eat incriminating evidence when he was caught out by police in a £22,000 medical insurance scam. Cormac McCollum from Stratford in London was sentenced at Inner London crown...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a Maidenhead-based independent ambulance service as inadequate and imposed conditions on the registration of the service to keep people safe. Cookham-based LSA House has also...

Designating long Covid an occupational disease could make it easier for workers to pursue successful personal injury claims, with healthcare firms potentially at greater risk, lawyers have warned. The warning follows reports...

The Lloyd's Council has approved the Medical Protection Society's (MPS) transition to a full syndicate allowing MPS to continue providing malpractice insurance at a larger scale. MPS, a mutual organisation established in...

A lawyer is warning employers to focus on what reasonable adjustments they can make for returning workers with long Covid as people are likely to be protected under disability discrimination law. Philip...

Governments across the globe have been urged to consider implementing maximum working times as new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals three quarters of...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce fresh demands on advisers and intermediaries to ensure they are operating in the customer’s best interests at all times. The rules will be...